Secretary Foxx tours high-speed rail construction. Photo: courtesy of California High-Speed Rail Authority.
U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Anthony Foxx visited the construction site of the high-speed rail system in the Central Valley of California.
Secretary Foxx toured the work sites at the Fresno River Viaduct near Madera, the San Joaquin River Viaduct and Fresno’s Tuolumne Street Bridge. He was accompanied by Brian Kelly, California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) secretary, and Jeff Morales, High-Speed Rail Authority chief executive officer.
The secretary had the opportunity to speak with trade and labor union members about their roles in the construction as he toured the sites.
There are currently eight active construction sites within Construction Package 1 (CP 1). CP 1 is the first 32-mile stretch of the high- speed rail under construction between Avenue 19 in Madera County to East American Avenue in Fresno County.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority is responsible for planning, designing, building and operating the high-speed passenger rail service that will travel between San Francisco and Los Angeles.